you didn't know these game series had connected universes...

[@baddriversofthenorcalarea500]

Read Dead and Noire only being 30 years apart if absolutely wild

[@leeb8966]

Wild West in real life wasn’t so far back either

[@Mrflyingcactus]

It also wasn’t a very long period of time

[@Leon_SKennnedy]

Not really

[@danielsmokesmids]

@@Leon_SKennnedyit is. the rapid industrialization that occurred in the early 20th century is wild no matter how much you learn about it

[@Nimble.ninja910]

31:38 the reason I bought Callisto protocol was because it was in the same universe as PUBG, I thought it was a very interesting idea to have a horror game set in the future of that universe. Then they dropped the ball completely.

[@SplitScreamOFFICIAL]

18:10 for those who Don't know, Patches only shows up in games Directed by Miyazaki as a call sign, the reason he isn't in Sekiro is because Sekiro was directed by someone else

[@lutherheggs451]

Sooooooooo, then why was he in Dark Souls 2 which Miyazaki had NOTHING to do with

[@haroldasusus4684]

@@lutherheggs451because the team probably didn’t understand or think that it was a Miyazaki call sign. Just like solaire/sun bros they just threw it into ds2 without thinking too hard about it. Tbf tho patches makes more sense than solair and sun bros since both endings to solairs quest make him either a nobody that dies mind controlled or a catalyst for the kindled flame. Either ending no one should know who he is

[@TheEternalHellwalker]

More insight on the DOOMiverse: It's connected to Wolfenstein as you stated, and ID Software has stated themselves that Doomguy is the great (add more greats) grandson of Commander Keen, who was also the Great Grandson of BJ, BUT then comes QUAKE's involvement. Doomguy was initially supposed to be the one taking on the Strogg, but since he knocked out his commanding officer, he ended up in the mars/hell saga, leaving Ranger to do all of the side-stuff, so it's confirmed that those universes are connected, and it gets even deeper than that when you get into Heretic and the others, which exist in sub-dimensions of QUAKE's verse, which is a just a slice of the IDverse.

[@ZER0H0UR333]

Smash bros isn't a multiverse, I'm pretty sure canon lore is that they are toys being made to fight, that's why master hand is a thing

[@MickiesBickies]

Smash bros 64 intro confirms 👍

[@Soonjai]

Tom Clancy´s HAWX is at least in the same Universe as the Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter titles. GRAW 2 has a Mission where you are defending a Plaza while waiting for an Airstrike, meanwhile in HAWX you are the one performing that very same Airstrike.

[@GLXTCHYY]

Ngl that one is pretty cool

[@GHow1998]

Assassins Creed and Watch Dogs are set in the same universe to my knowledge. Abstergo (the ones who make the Animus) exist in the Watch Dogs universe and (spoiler alert) you are tasked with assassinating the CEO in one of the games. However, Ubisoft is also a real company in Watch Dogs. Meaning Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell, and Ghost Recon are fictional games set in the same universe of a fictional universe in Watch Dogs. While the Rabbids and Rayman, among other Ubisoft games are fictional games in the universe.

[@JadeXeno]

But it gets weird, as theres hints that Splinter Cell is real in Far Cry which is real to Assassin's Creed, and so on.

[@Katto9999]

nier/drakengard lore is a time loop with androids being in drakengard before nier even existed, its like the past cant exist without the future

[@Mimiaga0]

For the Elden Ring part, you actually used footage from the Flame of Frenzy ending twice. Melina showing up is just the second half of the FF ending. The Death ending just looks grey.

[@humangamer4614]

There is one that i didnt see that is fairly new and really odd, the yakuza games have with the newest entry been confirmed to happen in the same universe as the shenmue games.

[@HimDuncan33]

wait fr? i love the shenmue games and been thinking abt trying the yakuza series every sale when it’s on for cheap i def gotta now 😂

[@artemis1993]

Lan Di vs Kiryu when???

[@deathbegrim]

with halo and marathon there was also the Cortana files that connected halo and marathon together in a small extent as well

[@tristanmattwig8541]

The way remedy does it is how to do a shared universe. It's great

[@lutherheggs451]

what you do it as an after thought, almost 20 years later and, you only connect things you can legally connect and the rest you do as legally loose as possible....LMFAO that is not "great"

[@chuckyzrevenge]

Red dead revolver is a fictional story that exists in the red dead universe. Its like a folk tale Btw cod zombies as a whole is the only reason i can accept the multiverse thing. Based off of the zombies story i forgot what was the book called was already multiverse related and in bo4 they ended it by making a new universe Bioshock and system shock can also work because of bioshock infinite literally making the idea of infinite universes possible, i dont even know if the first 2 bioshock games came first or is even the original world , if infinite was first and made them or not its so confusing

[@DRlV3R]

Yoshi actually did show up in Metal Gear Solid, the 3ds Snake Eater ports in place of the Kerotan frogs

[@CharroRojo]

Smash is possibly canon in Kid Icarus because the events of the subspace emissary are referenced by Pit and Palutena when you use the golden bow And although in Smash the characters are only toys, that does not detract from the validity of the theory since in Kid Icarus several times the 4th wall is broken saying that it is a video game (Hades introduces himself after destroying the end credits of the game only to reveal that he is the real villain)

[@Wavecheckfoo]

Bully being part of the hdw timeline is sick even if we never get a sequel. Shit make Jimmy a side character in gta 6 I’d be cool with that as long as he isn’t done dirty

[@FLYNN_TAGGART]

49:28 Yoshi is literally in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes and Metal Gear Solid 3D :)

[@DearMink_X]

7:10 That'd actually be a reference to Jack Marston. Jack Marston is John's son. It would make more sense considering Jack survived and John didn't, and Jack was always shown to love reading books.

[@masteroflight7296]

For Kingdom Hearts, every FF character is disconnected from their main line counterparts and completely different versions. the ONLY FF character to seemingly be the same as the main game is Auron from FFX. SPOILER FOR FFX: in FFX its revealed that Auron is unsent (someone dead but not passed onto the afterlife). at the end Auron is finally able to pass on thanks to Yuna. In KH2 Auron is brought back to life by Hades in attempts to use him to kill Hercules. unlike the other FF characters, Auron makes direct references to the events of FFX and later in the game we get a glimps of Auron memories in the form of voice lines. These voice clips are directly taken from FFX. These audio clips are from the moment in the past where Auron is pleading to lord Braska to not sacrifice himself.

[@joshuadnicolas]

ok i was getting frustrated that they couldn't understand that these are just versions of the FF characters but not the actual ones, although this now is throwing me off because i never played ffx. that's so interesting and cool that they had the actual voice lines. but isn't Yuna a fairy in KH2?? meaning Hades technically brought Auron from the FFX universe...

[@csolisr]

My personal theory is that all other FF characters forgot their home worlds because of the events of another FF crossover, Dissidia Final Fantasy - there they're pitted against each other by the forces of order and chaos, and their memories are wiped between each iteration of the battle. The fact that most of them ended up in the Traverse Town, the place for characters without a home to return with, is an important clue to that. The only hanging thread is how did Tidus and Yuna manage to de-age in the interim.

[@DarkOverlord96]

@csolisr No, Nomura has confirmed that the FF characters in KH are just new interpretations of the characters, so there are no Final Fantasy worlds. In the KH universe, Squall doesn't know Selphie or Seifer and he lived in Radiant Garden alongside Yuffie, Aerith and Cid, Zack hails from Olympus Coliseum and Cloud and Sephiroth are implied to have been "the same person" at some point, with Tifa being a physical manifestation of Cloud's light.

[@DarkOverlord96]

The problem with that is that doesn't explain if Auron even knows Tidus and Yuna exists in the KH universe as Tidus lives in Destiny Islands as a 14yo and Yuna is a fairy from Radiant Garden.

[@christopherson93]

another paraverse reference in Destiny 2, MIDA Multi-Tool. An exotic scout rifle, a few lines in the lore tab states, "The rifle was designed by a primitive AI and manufactured for use by a 'revolutionary government' named MIDA" and "I gave Lakshmi the weapon for her sake. She insinuate that it came from another timeline, perhaps through Golden Age experiments."

[@tombanditnook9230]

Is that neon sign you have in your room the Deja Entendu spacesuit?

[@thekingofirony]

One shared universe i remember was the Saints Row(pre reboot) and Red Faction. It had to do with Ultor being a mega corp.

[@gmrules100]

I just came in to say Blazkowicz is pronounced blaskovitch. Great video as always!!

[@TurboPro9952]

The way that luke says bloodborne is funny. *NO DISRESPECT LUKE*

[@rafaelrodriguez4866]

I really wish Rockstar gave Manhunt more attention, when they added a bunch of the masks from the game to gta 5 I had hope 😭

[@evandaymon8303]

There's a reason to why they wont do it. Making manhunt was actually hell to them to the point the devs nearly started a mutiny. If they make a third game they probably wont go as hard as they did in first two entries. The story telling and making the kills can be mentally draining and drive you nuts if you're not desensitized to it. They were able to do gta because it was more light hearted and much easier to make then manhunt where it went so dark they had problems with content they were making at the time. So long story short. We may not see manhunt since that game is too hot and too fresh in minds of many countries that banned it (and eventually unbanned it) and if we do it wont be exactly what we expect

[@christianortel]

Please keep making these videos! I love these and your research is good however on KH and Final Fantasy I was expecting more as it’s an actual tied together multiverse and quite in depth

[@isaiahzmurray173]

🔥 back with the videos I love it and this one is pretty long let’s gooooooooo💯

[@gavincooper1700]

I loved the Diddy Kong racing finale 🔥

[@chrismaghintay]

I love the ends of these videos when y'all talk off the cuff about the topic

[@brandonreed4370]

22:23 also there is a theory that captain price from mw4-3 has a grandad with the same last name as price

[@brandonreed4370]

(Edited prices grandad is in cod 1

[@IzakPhineasAbney]

I have heard the theory that Red Dead and LA Noir are fictional pieces that people in the GTA Universe (not sure all of them or just the HD version) consume. Books (like you pointed out) tv shows, and movies. Kind of how the Incredibles are a comic/movie series in the Pixar Universe.

[@fnamelname9077]

Every game/story with a narrative framing device that abducts characters from the real world is connected. (As long as it doesn't then create alternate-futures.) So Elder Scrolls, Lord of the Rings, and NOX, are all in the same shared universe. Along with Harry Potter and the Chronicles of Narnia. And Myst.

[@Shadierspider5e]

Ok what about dante and the persona games and stuff

[@starkiller5115]

Why is there not a playlist for yall getting all the achievements in mcc ?

[@Ninetails94]

a little tidbit for the tom clancy universe, all the books he wrote iirc are all based in the same universe minus division which was after his passing so that game isnt really connected at all to his universe even though it bares the clancy name, the fact one of the books about rainbow six being formed and why the counter terror force was formed is pretty interesting read highly recommend his books, same for the splintercell books, and the hunt for the red october not sure if that is connected to the clancy universe or not either way i dont think division is actually a part of the universe i believe it is its own thing due to lack of government involvement(ghost rainbow and 3rd echelon are government operated iirc not independent which explains their lack of presents in new york and seattle)

[@LunaPPK]

hawks is part of the ghost recon timeline unless advanced warfighter the first mission is providing air support for ghost team from there the later stuff keeps trying to hint the division is in the timeline now everyone believes the new bad guys are rogue ghost or something but that makes no sense

[@ZoolTux]

The Tom Clancy games are all connected and The Division logo can be found as patches/charms in some of the newer games

[@Luigistakeover]

Doesn’t the division 2 have dlc where Ela and I think one more operator appears

[@Wiksila-co1fg]

Kh multiversus lore is easiest to understand as a big bang like a thing that made these worlds happen and you can travel back to that point but not further so every world can be mixed but not their original versios

[@bluejay7071]

I'm surprised you did not bring up the dishonored connected universe.

[@fxn09here]

You guys are too underrated

[@TheSareus]

There are still Kane and Lynch inspired outfits in Modern Day Hitman. Lynch Suit from linking an IO account.

[@KevinRegalado1117]

I would never boo 😤 great vid as always 👍 keep up the good work

[@VioletElite4]

I remember Kane & Lynch 2 being the really edgy ass sequel with the blurry glitchy camera and various film effects that would cause me motion sickness. It's like the devs wanted you to feel like you were playing through a really ridiculous snuff film when Manhunt had already done that better. Idk who even asked for a sequel to that game...

[@Frozensword14]

This was one of my favorite Halo channels back in the day. Come back after a year and it has moved on...

[@arkhamretold8071]

Post hitman 2016 is not a reboot. It's the same universe as the older ones which was shown in the tie in comics and hitman 2 and 3

[@joshuadnicolas]

the bungie universe and the alan wake universe are fascinating! although as the video went on, i felt that there were some sections that just felt like it was reaching. there are many gaming cross overs like mario & sonic and kingdom hearts, where a game is created around a shared universe of two IPs. it doesnt mean that we have to justify exactly why it's happening or where in the timeline it has to fit. in the case of FF and KH, Cloud just happens to exist in FF7 and KH. though similar, it doesn't mean it's the same Cloud. not everyone is universe hopping.

[@lutherheggs451]

Not sure why people are tying to connect Halo Reach and Halo: ODST to the "343i Universe". Reach and ODST were both made by Bungie and are known FACTUAL prequels to Halo Combat Evolved

[@tysonperks5374]

3:30 way underrated game in my opinion

[@TeeGoesinRaw]

Amazing video(:

[@GG_1318]

demon souls has an ending that has the world become engulfed by a grey colourless fog, this is how dark souls begins. the end of dark souls 3 has a painted world made of blood be created, bloodborne centres entirely on blood. Sekiro and elden ring, unsure how they connect

[@MrGrimm-gy1mu]

Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell are connected. So there's a high chance that the soldiers you played as during that single mission in conviction are Ghosts.

[@CameronMiddleton]

Niko also mentions Florida when talking to Eddie Low.

[@kingkuriboh4528]

I came to comments to ask where the timeline is for the shin megami tensei section of the video? I didn't see any links. Sorry and thank you.

[@RocketSloth]

Added!

[@GG_1318]

for tom clancy, all games released before the first division are canon to the division. same goes for endwar

[@Sard_Onyx]

I feel sports games shouldn't count as connections between franchises. Sonic, Banjo, and Conker shouldn't be connected to Mario/Rabids.

[@youngemu3949]

No Street Fighter mention 🥺 I dont think most people are aware that Final Fighter, Rival Schools and Slam Masters are connected to it (and Darkstalkers if including comics). Also despite Fortnite having a lot of crossovers, DC and Marvel do in fact change the game’s lore.

[@pikitis]

I like to think conker and banjo go to the pub regually to get shitfaced and banjo had a family emergancy or something so he wasn't able to show up in conkers bad fur day

[@JJspuds]

It would make more sense if Jack Marston wrote the Red Dead book in GTA.

[@ComradeCopper]

So much fun to watch

[@bonmakks6155]

Rdr2 time traveler guy mission?

[@Sirin3.0]

most people don't seem to know dead or alive and ninja gaiden are in the same universe i guess

[@nomercyinc6783]

destiny and halo arent in the same universe at all. marathon became halo. halo isnt in marathons universe

[@agentm0368]

For those who argue between 343 Industries and Bungie. Bungie and 343 are two sides of the coin regarding what is ruined/dismissed and what was good. Bungie was tough on the extended lore. Essentially being the last say of anything lore related. Bungie mainly created great/memorable games. 343 Industries did the opposite, ruining the games, but allowed of a MASSIVE lore expansion. A perfect example would be the story that’s created huge tension leading up to Halo 5 vs the story we got for the release of Halo 5. If you don’t know, definitely look it up.

[@lutherheggs451]

You do know that Reach and ODST are FACTUALLY Bungie games that were developed as prequels to Combat Evolved right? Not sure why people keep trying to connect them to Microsoft 343i.

[@The_Kronicus]

This video has such a loose definition of, "connected universe", that I just can't take it seriously at all. Just because an Easter egg exists, or they have similar themes, doesn't make two games part of the same timeline.

[@barnoslat5632]

🤓🤓🤓

[@quigongio5584]

Claud is a gta online character for the creation

[@ElectricheadPt1]

My theory about Red Dead Revolver is that they’re all bullshit stories Uncle told John’s kid about his real life experiences, just super exaggerated. He says they used to call him the one shot kid back when he was young and that was Red Harlow’s nickname as well.

[@dr.papersalt4753]

I did actually. So your title is wrong buster

[@billlyW]

Ive always thought that halo and marathon take place in the destiny golden age

[@snoleopard]

This video better have Scout dying on the bite or 87

[@DaeXbx]

Did you forget about sonic all stars racing?

[@GG_1318]

call of duty 1 2 and 3 can be canon to any other cod series due to it being bog standard ww2 games. Cod ww2 is probably the same, don't know about vanguard

[@masonfurlow1453]

6 mins ago is crazy

[@Miniman15]

58 min ago is crazy

[@nomercyinc6783]

no its not at all

[@Vegeta654]

@@nomercyinc6783it is crazy okay

[@johnnymcdonald2913]

2 hours ago is crazy

[@bonedome5100]

Hey everyone, I don't have any other way of doing this, but I recently posted a video on my channel detailing 343 ways 343 Industries is so terrible. I put a lot of effort into making this and I hope to get the attention of larger creators to review it and spread the word : )

[@marklarz4399]

We all know Serious Sam descends from BJ Blazchowicz

[@amirightPeter]

Call of Duty would be the series that kills its best mode, end it poorly with cheap, drawn cutscenes, then retcon the entire series around that plot point, which only a fraction of players played anyway.

[@metalbob123]

i love the podcast section god bless america

[@viprthered]

Remedy is so buying the rights to there games back

[@JohnDoe______]

Street fighter probably has the biggest shared universe

[@AGO797]

why do you sound like the mat muscles what happened guy ??

[@Euphoria20011]

AWESOME I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A GOOD QUALITY VID ON THIS SUBJECT :)) GOOD WORK !!

[@ZergS4uc3]

or maybe just maybe bungie is creatively bankrupt and just remakes the same game series over and over, marathon has just been remade slightly different every time also the surname kong is more of a clan name, not all clan members are related, hell most clan members arent related, regardless the naming convention of kong is a bit two parted, its a surname and species name, all sapient primates are kongs but not all kongs get the kong surname, that seems to be reserved for important characters only, so if we think about it cranky is the original donkey kong, jr is his son, current donkey kong is the grandson, they have the name kong because they are in charge, they gift the surname to those they deem worthy, donkey kong did so to his girlfriend and best friends(funky and diddy), diddy kong to his girlfriend and her family, the only two named kongs we dont have exact reasoning for how or why they have the name is lanky and swanky

[@cassiemoyles4177]

I did not know Catherine was a shin megami game

[@iVETAnsolini]

I remember how much hate Manhunt 1 got from the MSM when it first came out. I like 10-11 when that happened. So funny

[@Wiksila-co1fg]

Takeaway of this video, mario is connected to donkey kong and donkey kong is connected to banjo and conker whole also kongs are connected to each other 😬

[@devongreen3929]

Don’t forget the Witcher and Monster Hunter

[@linkthastink]

Love u slothy sloth

[@trippsclips903]

Kane and Lynch games sucked but I love them. The atmosphere is gritty and the situations are always messed up. They could've benefited from some polish and they'd have been bigger hits I feel.

[@brxnnt]

lazlow alone is perfect evidence that the 3d and hd games are connected, do research.

[@tekkadawn6685]

Never let luke speak again please

[@youngbastion]

No hate just clarifying, the smash argument doesn’t work because it’s cannon that the smash universe is literally toys being played with by a child. The later games show the child’s aging as they switch from toys to figurines/trophies.

[@BIGRob118]

343 ruined halo lore

[@massachusettsthemercenary4963]

Hah! It made the halo lore, bungie could barely figure out what they wanted for lore

[@BIGRob118]

@@massachusettsthemercenary4963 343 ruined it. Stop shilling

[@th3thatguy631]

​@@massachusettsthemercenary4963 bungie laid out the plot threads that 343 ran with... the only thing that 343 fucked up is the portrayal imo

[@Copper.Trees.]

I think the series was good fs through 3. Then 4 wasn't great but it could have been a good jumping off point.... Then came 5... Then the launch of infinite.... 343i made outside media a necessity... Then they started jumping in time.... And Cortana having logic plague was a dropped ball uh.... 343 showed some potential in 4, but ultimately failed

[@FeiFongWang]

Halo didn't have much lore at all anyway. It was just rule of cool gene spliced super soldiers killing Muslim aliens for the US... uh.. Earth.

[@Silvershadow1313]

Ghost reekin

[@STIFFLER............5]

😐 Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong ARE brother and sister. And yes they also date each other because that's normal primate behavior. Lol. Primates do that kind of thing.

[@SinastarCross]

Neat

[@SkinnyFG]

You guys sound insane for these far reaching conspiracies

[@phoenixprogaming3844]

Sam Lake you hack!

[@cokelife5831]

Spanka monky

[@BLARG0w0]

Ghost rekin 😂😂😂

[@BourbonBandit-]

Doom and wolfenstein are not connected.

[@jospehcahill7320]

COD ZOMBIES IS NOT CANON TO THE CAMPAIGN!!!!!!